The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-17
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New DIRK. June IL. INLAY Go
palsy the hand that wrote the ord
May God palsy the brain that conc,b
ed II, and may God palsy the tongue
that dictated IT, The Graud Army
of the Republic Veterans heard these
words with bated breath and glanced
at each other with awe rs the terrible
sentences rang out from the Com
maudcr in chief OF the
Grand Army of the Republic
last night in the Association Hall in
Harlem. The occasion was the rcccp-
non rendered the Commander in
chief by Alex Hamilton. Visitors
were present from every Grand Army
post of this city and it vicinity. Post
Commander \. Nj. Undcrnill prcsid
ed. Among those present were Sen.
Tor Vice Department commander
IAtlcrty, JUNIOR Vice ommandcr
Charles Hall, Grand Past State Com
mander Hedges, of llavcrstraw aud
Corporal Tanner. Before tho
meeting opened it became known tha
GOV. ROSS, or TEXAS,
had received u letter from the adiu
tcnt-gcnerai of the United Statct
army, stating that the president had
approved the recommendation and
the writer had been instructed by the
secretary of war to return al the
confederate flags in the care of tn,
war department to the southern
states from whose ronks the flags haC
been captured. General tnirchilc
entered the hail with stern set tea
lures. without hardly waiting tOi
the usual courtrsle he burst forth
with the expressions recorded above
The general tcid of the news that tn,
president had approved Of tn,
confederate flags aud how
those flags had been
won by the veterans Of the Grant
Army of the Republic in open con.
illct with enemies Of tho nation IN,
veterans had placed their trophies II
the care of the war department. They
were intended, he said, 20 be kept il
the archives OF the nation. ~ mcmcn
toes oihsrd won fields of battle. II,
continued
"lIow can the present loyal COVER
nors of tho southern states accep
those cmblcms OF treason after thei
professions Of loyalty to the Unite,
States. Must they not return then
to the secretary aud say that they hAy
nothing to do with the flags as tn
rebel organizations are extinct anC
their governors are dead
General Fairchild said that he ha,
frequently listened TO sentiment
which had caused him to bite hi
tongue in the effort to maintain hi
self control. In nine months past H.
had visited Grand Army Of the Re
public posts in every state in lii
north, eat ana west, He had never
in any post meeting, heard anything
but kindly feeling, expressed toward
the men, who had looked into tn
gun barrels OF northern troops dur
ing the war. AS commando
. III chiet, BE- had tried to cncourag
this feeling, Now was this nj
this changed. The time had come {
speak in the name Of the organization
II he could not protest against IL n
commander in chici Of The Gran,
Army OF the Republic he would rcsigI
and protest rs IA private citizen bu
ne was satisfied that 35O,OOO GrAnl
Army Of the Republic veteran, woul,
} rise rs ono man i'm solemn protc-
against any such disposition OF tn
trophies ofwaI at such fearful sacrI
flee Of blood. Raising his only han
the general said.
81 appeal to the ointment OF tn
( nation 10 forbid this sacrilegcw
D There was moment, silence; the
a wild hurrah went up and it wa
repeated and continued Then cam
!, loud calls for
=, CORPORAL TANNER.
f He apologiled for coming wlthot
@ his Grand Army OF the Republ
badge. one of the infantry rescue
since the war, asked him why he wa
I going out Of the house without
badge. lie At, wered that after II